Freeze-thaw pretreatment was found to significantly affect the structure of the CGM, and satisfactory extraction yields for the lutein, zeaxanthin, [beta]-carotene, and
cryptoxanthin and other bioactive compounds were obtained through the FT treatment.
These two cultivars also showed high
cryptoxanthin concentrations, with values greater than twice that found in other cultivars.
It also possesses flavonoids like beta-carotene, zeaxanthin and
cryptoxanthin, which are known for their ability to help lower the risk of lung and mouth cancers, protect against neurological diseases, slow the aging process and fight inflammation.
** Mixed carotenoids 300 meg (as alpha-carotene, zeaxanthin,
cryptoxanthin, and lutein)
People who consumed the highest levels of the carotenoids lutein and zeaxanthin had a 40 percent lower risk for advanced AMD compared with those who consumed the least, while people who consumed beta
cryptoxanthin, alpha carotene, and beta carotene had a 25 to 35 percent lower risk.
Nuts contain a wide variety of polyphenols including resveratrol, lutein,
cryptoxanthin and many others.
2 BASIL contains high levels of betacarotene, vitamin A,
cryptoxanthin, lutein and zeaxanthin antioxidants.
5 CINNAMON flavonoid supplies anti-oxidants such as lutein carotenes and
cryptoxanthin.
Besides bixin and norbixin, other compounds such as isobixin, beta-carotene,
cryptoxanthin, lutein, zeaxanthin, orellin, bixein, bixol, crocetin, ishwarane, ellagic acid, salicylic acid, threonine, tomentosic acid, tryptophan, and phenylalanine have been found in the seeds of annatto.
The anti-hypertensive effect of carotenoids is supported by a follow-up study in which the concentrations of sum of four serum carotenoids (acarotene, [beta]-carotene, lutein/zeaxanthin, and
cryptoxanthin) were inversely correlated with incident hypertension after 20 years [32].